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Recognised as Colour

#CAE7DF

  • #CAE7DF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#CAE7DF is a cyan with RGB values 202, 231, 223 and HSL 163°, 38%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#CAE7DF#CAE7DF
HEX#CAE7DF
RGBrgb(202, 231, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.9059, 0.8745
RGB percentages79.2%, 90.6%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(163.4, 37.7%, 84.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.4, 12.6%, 90.6%)
CMYK12.6%, 0%, 3.5%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,297,631
CSS custom property--colour: #CAE7DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75036WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.01:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#351820

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E3DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFDFE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C3E8E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 9.4Powder blue · ΔE 9.8Honeydew · ΔE 10.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.2Gainsboro · ΔE 11.2Azure · ΔE 11.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 9.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7CAD2
Analogous#CAE7D1, #CAE1E7
Triadic#DFCAE7, #E7DFCA
Split complementary#E7CAE1, #E7D1CA
Tetradic#D1CAE7, #E7CAD2, #E1E7CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDF7F4
Darker −10%#A7D7CA
Darker −20%#84C7B5
Darker −30%#61B79F
Darker −40%#479E86
More saturated +25%#C0F1E3
Less saturated −25%#D4DDDB

Channel breakdown

R202
G231
B223
Red202 (79.2%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue163.45°
Saturation (HSL)37.66%
Lightness84.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CA · G E7 · B DF

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